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Dec. 19, 1939. D. J. sEAMAN DOOR Original Filed Dec.

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Patented Dec. 19, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Simon D.' Cohen, Maurice L. Seaman,

Marquette, Mich., Battle Creek, Mich.

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Application December 18, 1936, Serial No. 116,504 Renewed May l1, 1939 This invention relates to doors and particularly to a support and an adjustable mounting for doors.

It is well known that doors have to be adjusted with respect to their frames to properly center them and this is particularly true after the settling of a newly constructed building. 'Ihe matter of adjusting doors with respect to their frames is often a dimcult problem and particularly in the case of heavy doors. to the present invention structure is According provided to facilitate adjustment of doors of any weight.

Another problem in door construction is to eliminate the danger of children having their ngers pinched between the rear edge of the door and the door frame.

An object of the 'invention isito mount a door for ready adjustment.

Another object of the invention is to mount a door for adjustment independently of its supports.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door which has a space of constant width between the rear edge of the door and its frame when the door is open and when it is closed.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel support for the door.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following specication when taken with the accompanying drawing in which.:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a door according to the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-II of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectionon the line III-III of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the drawing the reference character I indicates a portion of a building structure including a door frame. Above and below the door frame are metallic inserts 2 and 3 having suitable bores 4 and v5. The bores 4 and 5 are for the purpose 'of receiving pins 6 and 'I 'about which the `door pivots. The' lower end of the pin I is provided with a recess 8 in which there is disposed a portion fof an antifrictionball 9 disposed at the bottom of the bore 5.

'The'door'body I5 is illustrated in thedrawing as constructed of 'wood but',of course, it may be of metal or any other desired-material. At the inner edge ofthe door extending from the top to the bottom is a post comprising a return bent sheet metal portion I6. The sheet metal portion I6 is provided at its outer or rear edge with a convex. portion of arcuate cross-section I'I. Within the convex portion I l at the upper and la disc 31 disposed in the other lmetal portion I5, threadably engages'y the pin. 32,

lower extremities are metallic plugs I8 provided with suitable bores I9 for receiving the pins 5 and 'I. Threaded laterally into the plugs I8 and passing centrally through the bores I 9 are screws 20 shown particularly in' Figs. 1 and 4. The screws 20 are for the purpose of holding pins and 'I in the bores 4 and 5 of the inserts 2 and 3. It will be obvious that the lower screw rests on the pin I and thereby transmits the weight of the door and its associated structure lo to the pin 1.

ing one of the flanges 2| or 22 on its upper end 20 with a. screw driver, for instance, inserted in thel opening from which the lower screw 20 has been removed.

The adjusting mechanism for the door comprises the connection between the sheet metal portion I6 and the door body I5. The door body I5 is provided with two vertical slots 30 and a horizontal slot 3|. Within the horizontal slot 3| is disposed a pin 32 eccentricallyprojecting from a rotatable disc 33, the disc 33 being pro- 30 vided with a hexagonal recess 34 for receiving a wrench. The disc 334 is rotatable in an opening 35 in one side of the sheet metal portion I5.

' As the disc 33 is rotated by a wrench in the recess 34 the eccentrically projecting pin 32 moves in the slot 3| to cam the door in a vertical direction, being up or down depending on the direction of rotation of `the disc -3,3. In order to maintain the pin 32 and also the door body` I5 in adjusted position a screw 36 'passing through side of the sheet and when tightened clamps the adjustment 'assembly together. *A1 similar adjustment struc- 1 ture is provided for the slots 30 for adjustingthe 45 door body I5 horizontally. l j f n y An additional means to secure the door body I5 and the sheet metal portion I l in adjusted relation after adjustment I5. Each opening 40,. is materiallyflargenthan :11

the diameter of the female screw 39 and thus i has been` made cmi; `prises Athe interengaging. male land female screws33 yand does not interfere with vertical and horizontal door body I5 adjustments. It will be obvious that as the screws 38 and 39 are drawn together a part of the sheet metal portion I6 will be slightly drawn or bulged into each side of the openings 40. That there will be such a drawing in will be obvious from the fact that the heads of the screws 38 and 39 are of less diameter than the openings 40. In order to facilitate the drawing in action the under sides of the heads of the screws 38 and 39 may be slightly beveled as shown.

Before adjusting the door body I5 it will be obvious that the locking screws 36, 38' and 39 must be rst loosened and lthen after the adjustment is made, tightened. In order to prevent the sheet metal portions I6, when clamped in adjusted position with respect to the body I5, from sinking into the door body I5, when the same is made of wood, there are provided in the door body I5 inserted plates 4I.

In order to seal the back or outer edge of the door which is the convex portion I1 of the sheet metal portion I6 there is provided a sheet rnetal member 45 secured by screws 46 to metal inserts 41, in turn secured by screws 48 to the door frame. The member 45 is provided with a projection 49 having a channeled or concave portion of arcuate cross section 50 concentric with the convex portion I1. As the door pivots about the pins I and 1 at the center of the convex portion I1 the spacing between the convex portion I1 of the door and the concave portion 50 of the frame member 45 of the door remains constant. At the center of the concave portion 5I] is a layer of felt or like material 5I in rubbing engagement with the convex portion I1 to provide a weather seal. As shown, the strip 5I is riveted between abutting half sections of the concave portion 50. However, other construction may be used.

It will be apparent from the foregoing speciiication that I have provided a door structure wherein the door is readily adjustable to correct rubbing by the door on the door frame due to sagging of the door -or settling of the building and, further, that I have provided not only novel means to support a door but a door construction in which it is impossible for a child, for instance,

to have its fingers caught between the rear edge of the door and the door frame. This door may not only be used in residences but also in commercial properties and public buildings. Furthermore, the adjustable feature may be applied to hinged doors as well as pivoted ones as illustrated. In small doors of light weight the locking means provided to supplement the locking mechanism associated with the cam adjustment structure may be usedA alone for adjustment purposes without the cam structure.

Having thus described my invention what I desire to protect by Letters Patent and claim is:

l. A device of the character described comprising a door member, means supporting said member for pivotal movement, a door body, camming means to adjust said door body with respect to said member, means on said camming means to 'lock the same in adjusted position, and additional means to lock said door vbody in adjusted position with respect to said door member.

2. A device of the character described comprising a door member, means supporting said member for pivotal movement, a door body, a vertical and a horizontal slot dened by said door body adjacent said door member, and camming means mounted on said door member and engageable with said slots to adjust said door in horizontal and vertical position with respect to said door member.

3. A device of the character described comprising a door member, means for supporting said member for pivotal movement, a door body associated with said door member, and means to secure said door body to said door member, said means comprising an opening dened by said door body adjacent said door member, sheet metal means comprising a portion of said door member overlapping said opening, and means to bulge said sheet metal means into said opening to prevent relative sliding movement between said door body and said door member.

4. A device of the character described comprising a door member, means supporting said member for pivotal movement, a door body, means to adjust said door body with respect to said door member, and means to lock said door body and door member in adjusted position, said last named means comprising an opening defined by said door body, sheet metal means comprising a portion of said door member overlapping said opening, and means to bulge said sheet, metal means into said opening to prevent relative sliding movement between said door body and said member.

5. A device of the character described comprising a door member, having a rear edge portion of arcuate convex cross-section, a frame having a able weather stripping means associated with one` of said convex and concave portions to provide a seal between said door member and said frame.

6. A device of the character described comprising a door member, a rear edge portion for said door member of arcuate convex cross-sec- V tion, a frame for said door having a side portion of arcuate concave cross-section, said convex and concave portions being concentric, means to pivot said convex portion about its longitudinal axis whereby the clearance between said portions remains constant, a door body associated with said door member, a vertical and a horizontal slot dened by said body adjacent said door member, and camming means mounted on said door member and engageable with said slots to adjust said door body in horizontal and vertical position with respect to said door member.

7. A device of the character described comprising a door member, a rear edge portion for said door memberl of arcuate convex cross-section, a door frame having a side portion of arcuate concave cross-section, said convex and concave portions being concentric, pins mounted in the extremities of said convex portion in alignment with the longitudinal axis thereof and slidable into and out of said convex portion, for pivoting the said convex portion about its longitudinal axis whereby the clearance between said portions remains constant, a door body associated with said door member, a vertical land a horily supported from each oi' ing a door member, a rear edge portion for said door member of arcuate convex cross-section, a door frame having a side portion of arcuate concave cross-section, said convex and concave portions being concentric, blocks disposed at the -extremities of said convex portion, oppositely facing bores in said block in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said convex portion, pins slidable into and out of said bores, openings in said blocks intersecting said bores and projecting transversely thereof, means in said openings to limit the inward movement of said pins, openings in said frame for receiving said pins, said pins being for mounting said member for pivotal movement with respect to said frame whereby the clearance between said portions remains constant, a door body associated with said door member, a vertical and horizontal slot dened in said door body adjacent said door member, and camming means mounted on said member and engageable with said slots to adjust said door body in horizontal and vertical position with respect to said door member.

9. A pin for pivotally supporting a door or the like comprising a cylindrical body, a cup dened in one end of said body, and an annular groove dened adjacent the other end of said body.

10. A device of the character described comprising a door, a frame, pins at the top and bottom` of said door for pivotally supporting the same in said frame, said pins being mounted in recesses at the top and bottom oi said frame and recesses at the top and 'bottom of said door, and a pin projecting through said door at at least one of said recesses opposite the inner end of the pinltherein for limiting inward movement of the. pin in,said last named recess.

11. A device of the character described comprising a door, a frame, pins at the top and bottom of said door for pivotally supporting the same in said frame, said pins being mounted in recesses at the top and `bottom of said frame and recesses at the top and bottom of said door, a pin projecting through said door and at least one of said recesses opposite the inner end of the pin therein for limiting inward movement of the pin in said last named recess, and a metal ball at thebottom of the recess in said bottom of said frame, said pin having a cup at the bottom thereof for engagement with said ball, whereby the weight of said door is borne by said ball.

12. In combination with two members for securing them together, one of said members having an opening therein and the other of `said members'having a sheet'metal portion, means to clamp said sheet metal portion to said member having said opening, said clamping means being effective over said opening and bulging said sheet metal into` said opening for preventing relative movement between said members.

13. A device of the character described comprising a door member, a door body supported by said door member, said door member having a pivotal mounting, said door member comprising two spaced sheet ,metal portions receiving said door body therebetween, and means pivotalsaid sheet metal portions and projecting through in operative and supporting engagement with the portions of said door body between said sheet metal portions, the portion of said last named means between said sheet metal portions being eccentric to the portion thereof pivoted in said portions whereby rotative movement ofsaid last named means adjusts the position of said door body relatively to said door member.

14. A device of the character described comprising a door member, a door body supported by said door member, said door member having a pivotal mounting, said door member comprising two spaced sheet metal portions receiving said door body therebetween, means 'pivotally supported from each of said sheet metal portions and projecting through in operative and supporting engagement with the' portions of said door body between said sheet metal portions, the portion of said last named means between said sheet metal portions being eccentric to the portion thereof pivoted in said portions whereby rotative movement of said last named means adjusts the position of said door body relatively to said door member, and means to lock said door body in adjusted position lwith respect to said door member. f

15. A device of the characterdescribed comprising a door member, a. door body supported by said door member, saiddocr member having a pivotal'mounting, said door member comprising two spaced sheet metal portions receiving said door body therebetween, and camming means pivotally supported from each of said sheet metal portions operatively engageable with said door body for adjusting the same. with respect to said door member.

16. A device of the character described comprising a door member, a door bodysupported by said door member, said door member having a pivotal mounting, said door member comprising two spaced sheet metal portions receiving said door body therebetween, camming means pivotally supported from each of said sheet metal portions operatively engageable with said door body for adjusting the same with respect to said door member, and means to lock said door body in adjusted position with respect to said door member.

17. In combination with two members for securing them together, one of said members having a'recess therein and the other of said members having a sheet portion, means to clamp said sheet portion to said member having'the recess, said clamping means being eiective over said recess and deiiecting said sheet portion inwardly of said recess for preventing relative movement between said members.

18. A device of the character described comprising a door, a frame, means at the top and bottom of said door for pivotally supporting the same' in said frame, at least one of said means comprising a pin, said frame and door having opposed recesses forreceiving said pin, and a second Lpin projecting into said recess in-said door opposite the inner end of the pin therein for limiting movement of the pin inwardly of thedoor.

DAVID J. SEAMAN. 

